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List of Fastest 50 (Half Century) in the T20

Player Balls Match Year Nicholas 15 Lucknow Super 2023

Yuvraj Singh 12 India vs England 2007 Pooran Giants vs Royal
CH Gayle 12 Melbourne Renegades 2016 Challengers
vs Adelaide Strikers Bangalore
Hazratullah 12 Kabul Zwanan vs 2018 LRPL Taylor 16 Central Districts vs 2006
Zazai Balkh Legends Otago
ME 13 Somerset vs 2010 AD Hales 16 Nottinghamshire vs 2010
Trescothick Hampshire Derbyshire
SP Narine 13 Comilla Victorians vs 2022 Ahmed 16 Barisal Burners vs 2012
Chattogram Shehzad Duronto Rajshahi
Challengers MS Dhoni 16 Chennai Super Kings 2013
Yashasvi 13 Rajasthan Royals vs 2023 vs Sunrisers
Jaiswal Kolkata Knight Riders Hyderabad
Imran Nazir 14 Sialkot vs Lahore 2006 SK Raina 16 Chennai Super Kings 2014
Eagles vs Kings XI Punjab
GL Brophy 14 Yorkshire vs 2006
Derbyshire
ODI World Cup Winners List
K Noema- 14 Central District vs 2010
Barnett Otago
KA Pollard 14 Trinidad & Tobago vs 2012 Year Host Winner Runner-up
Leeward Islands 1975 England West Indies Australia
C Munro 14 New Zealand vs Sri 2016 1979 England West Indies England
Lanka 1983 England India West Indies
F Behardien 14 Titans vs Warriors 2016
1987 India and Australia England
KL Rahul 14 Kings XI Punjab vs 2018
Delhi Daredevils Pakistan
A Negi 14 Meghalaya vs 2019 1992 Australia and Pakistan England
Mizoram New Zealand
AD Russell 14 Colombo kings vs 2020 1996 Pakistan and Sri Lanka Australia
Galle Gladiators India
R Satheesan 14 Romania vs Serbia 2021 1999 England Australia Pakistan
AD Russell 14 Jamaica Tallawahs vs 2021 2003 South Africa Australia India
St Lucia Kings
2007 West Indies Australia Sri Lanka
PJ Cummins 14 Kolkata Knights 2022
Riders vs Mumbai 2011 India and India Sri Lanka
Indians Bangladesh
MJ Guptill 15 Auckland vs Central 2008 2015 Australia and Australia New
Districts New Zealand Zealand
YK Pathan 15 Kolkata Knight Riders 2017 2019 England and England New
vs Royal Challangers Wales Zealand
Bangalore
2023 India Australia India
JP Duminy 15 Barbados Tridents vs 2019
Trinbago Knight
Riders
DT Christian 15 Sydney Sixers vs 2020
Adelaide Strikers
AM 15 London Spirit vs 2022
Rossington Northern
Superchargers

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Highest Centuries in Cricket time Japan hosted Olympics after 1964, 1972,
1998.
Players Number of Duration
Centuries
Sachin Tendulkar 100 1989-2013
Next Olympics will be held in 2024 and will be
Virat Kohli 77 2008-2023 hosted by Paris, France.
Ricky Ponting 71 1995-2012
Kumar 63 2000-2015
Sangakkara
Medal’s Tally (Top 10)
Jacques Kallis 62 1995-2014
Hashim Amla 55 2004-2019
Mahela 54 1997-2015
Jayawardene
Brian Lara 53 1990-2007
Rahul Dravid 48 1996-2012
AB de Villiers 47 2004-2018
David Warner 45 2009-2023
Joe Root 44 2007-2023
Rohit Sharma 44 2007-2023
Chris Gayle 42 1999-2021
Steve Smith 42 2010-2023
Sanath Jaysuriya 42 1989-2011
Shivnarine 41 1994-2015
Chanderpaul
Younis Khan 41 2000-2017
Matthew Hayden 40 1989-2009
Ross Taylor 40 2006-2022

Asian Games 2023 India won total 7 medal’s in 2020 Tokyo

Olympics.
19th Asian Games, which were held in 1 – Gold , 2 – Silver, 4 – Bronze
Hangzhou, People's Republic of China from 23
September to 8 October. • Neeraj Chopra - Javelin Throw - Gold
• Ravi Dahiya - Wrestling (57 Kgs) - Silver
More than 12,000 athletes from all 45 • Mirabai Chanu - Weightlifting for
members of the Olympic Council of Asia Women (49 Kgs) - Silver
competed in the 19th Asian Games. • PV Sindhu - Women’s Single Badminton
- Bronze
Medal’s Tally (Top 10)
• Indian Hockey Team – Hockey - Bronze
• Lovlina Borgohain - Women’s
Welterweight Boxing - Bronze
• Bajrang Punia- Wrestling (65 Kgs) -
Bronze

Olympic Games 2020

The 2020 Summer Olympics and ofMicially

branded as Tokyo 2020 was held from 23 July to
8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. This was the 4th

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1. Who one of the mentioned below did not 6. The National Games of India were normally to
scored a double century in the ICC Cirkcet be held every how many years?
World Cup? (a) 2 Years
(a) Glenn Maxwell (b) 3 Years
(b) Martin Guptil (c) 4 Years
(c) David Warner (d) 5 Years
(d) Chris Gayle
7. Which wicketkeeper has the highest number
2. Which stadium served as the primary venue of dismissals in the ICC Cricket World Cup
for the ICC Cricket World Cup Finale 2023? 2023?
(a) Lord’s Cricket Ground (a) KL Rahul
(b) Melbourne Cricket Ground (b) Tom Latham
(c) Eden Gardens (c) Quinton de Kock
(d) Narendra Modi Stadium (d) Josh Inglis

3. What is the capacity of the Narendra Modi 8. Neeraj Chopra won gold medal in which game
Stadium, the host of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Olympics 2020?
Minal 2023? (a) Wrestling
(a) 132,000 (b) Weightlifting
(b) 128,000 (c) Boxing
(c) 114,000 (d) Javelin Throw
(d) 107,000
9. How many medal’s India won in 2020 Tokyo
4. Which player among the following earned the Olympics?
title of the “Player of the Tournament” in the ICC (a) 5
Cricket World Cup 2023? (b) 6
(a) Mohammed Shami (c) 7
(b) Quinton de Kock (d) 8
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Glenn Maxwell 10. National Sports Day is celebrated in the
memory of which player?
5. Sachin Tendulkar’s statue is inaugurated at (a) Milka Singh
which stadium? (b) Major Dhyan Chand Singh
(a) Wankhede Stadium (c) KD Jadhav
(b) Narendra Modi Stadium (d) PT Usha
(c) DY Patil Stadium
(d) Eden Gardens

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 Answer Key

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. B

1. David Warner did not scored a double

century in the ICC Cricket World Cup. Glenn
Maxwell , Martin Guptil and Chris Gayle are the
only cricketers to score a double century in the
ICC Cricket World Cup.

2. Narendra Modi Staduim served as the

primary venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup
Finale 2023.

5. A life-sized statue of cricket icon Sachin

Tendulkar was revealed in a grand ceremony at
the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on the eve of
the World Cup match between India and Sri
Lanka. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde unveiled a magniMicent and radiant
bronze statue in the presence of Sachin and his
entire family.

7. Quinton de Kock with 20 dismissals, has the

highest number of dismissals as a wicketkeeper
in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

10. Major Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3

December 1979) was an Indian Mield hockey
player. He is widely regarded by many as the
greatest Mield hockey player in world history.
Known as The Wizard or The Magician of
hockey for his superb ball control, Chand played
internationally from 1926 to 1949, where he
scored 570 goals in 185 matches according to
his autobiography, Goal. His goal-scoring feats
earned three Olympic gold medals, in 1928,
1932 and 1936, during an era where India
dominated Mield hockey. His inMluence extended
beyond these victories, as India won the Mield
hockey event in seven out of eight Olympics
from 1928 to 1964.

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